I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir regarding immigration searches, but have you tried the Hamburg Passenger Lists or Philadelphia Passenger Lists? My Landsford PA bound relatives came through Philadelphia more often than New York.

This plaque in the Ellis Island museum caught my attention: Alright ladies, let's be honest. Historically men have always divided women between saints and prostitutes. Certainly, this is the subtext of the above proscription. Well, my great-grandmother was such a woman. (No, not a prosti...